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1. For discussion of 'intentionality', see Chapters One and Six in this report.
2. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Housing/homeless/facts
3. NB this research was commissioned and conducted prior to the change in name from 'Scottish Executive' to 'Scottish Government' in September 2007.
4. We did, however, make the Homelessness Task Force's definition available when asking people if they, or someone they knew, had ever been homeless, in the event that they had queries about the precise situations this includes. This question was asked at the end of the module.
5. The precise figure given for response rates depends on whether dwelling units whose eligibility to participate was unknown are included or excluded from the calculation. Dwelling units are coded as 'unknown eligibility' where the interviewer is unable to establish whether the property is occupied and residential. The higher response rate excludes dwelling units of unknown eligibility from the calculation, while the lower rate includes them. As some of the dwelling units whose eligibility was unknown are likely to be eligible and some ineligible, the true response rate probably lies somewhere between the two figures. For further details on response rate calculations, see the technical report.
6. NB this question was asked at the end of the module, as we did not want people's answers to other questions to be affected by even this very broad definition of homelessness. As discussed in footnote 1, a showcard based on the Homelessness Task Force's definition of homelessness was available to respondents when answering this question if they had queries about whether a particular situation would be classed as being homeless.
7. NB respondents who did know someone who had been homeless could choose more than one answer category ( e.g. self and a friend), hence percentages total over 100%.
8. NB respondents who were unsure whether or not they knew anyone who had been homeless (2% in total) are not shown in this figure or the subsequent table (Table 2.1), hence the totals may sum to less than 100%.
9. Deprivation was measured by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation ( SIMD) 2006. For further details, see http://www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/Overview. The areas SSA respondents lived in were matched to SIMD quintiles, with 1 being the least deprived and 5 being the most deprived.
10. See Chapter One for discussion of why we did not include this in the survey, and Annex A for the Homelessness Task Force's definition of homelessness.
11. NB respondents who gave 'don't know' responses to these statements are not shown in this figure, hence the totals may add up to less than 100%.
12. NB respondents who gave 'don't know' responses to these statements are not shown in the remaining tables and figures in this chapter, hence the totals may sum to less than 100%.
13. See Chapter Two for a discussion of this question, which was designed to tap 'low level' awareness of or contact with 'homeless people'.
14. Although age is not independently related to the belief that 'many people say they are homeless just to get a house from the council' after other factors, like education, are taken into account in multivariate analysis, there is still a clear bivariate relationship between responses to this question and age.
15. See Annex C for details.
16. Again, see Annex C for details
17. Where one variable is cross-tabulated by another - for example, showing the proportion of people who agree that homeless people could find somewhere to live if they really tried, broken down by sex or age.
18. See paragraph 3.9 for an explanation of this technique.
19. The full set of questions included in each of these indices is given in Annex B
20. Although those who are in the centre of the political spectrum remain somewhat less likely than those on the left to agree with this statement - see Annex C, regression model 3.
21. See http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/12095510/2
22. NB respondents who either could not choose or did not answer are not shown in the remaining tables in this chapter. Thus in some cases the totals may sum to less than 100%.
23. For more detailed definitions of each category currently included under 'priority need', see Scottish Executive (2005) Code of Guidance on Homelessness: guidance on legislation, policies and practices to prevent and resolve homelessness, available online at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/53814/0012265.pdf
24. For discussion of 'intentionality', see Chapters One and Six.
25. Caveats are required with respect to 'Family break up' and 'someone aged over 65', however. 'Family break up' is not a category of priority need unless children are involved and' someone aged over 65' is not automatically deemed in priority need just because of age unless they are also considered "vulnerable" as a result of their age.
26. For a full list of variables included in this analysis, see Appendix C.
27. Although class did appear to be significant in the regression model, the pattern was slightly strange- it was those in intermediate occupations who were less likely than those in routine and semi-routine occupations to discriminate in this way between people who have become homeless for different reasons.
28. NB respondents who could not choose are not shown in this table or in figure 5.3. Thus in the totals may sum to less than 100%.
29. NB respondents who thought some more deserving than others could choose as many or as few categories as they wished. Hence the totals sum to more than 100%.
30. NB respondents who thought some should get more help than others could choose as many or as few categories as they wished. Hence the total sums to more than 100%.
31. Although owners were also more likely than social renters to say these groups were 'least deserving', regression analysis suggests that the difference here is too small to be significant.
32. The short SST is a version of a Scottish secure tenancy ( SST), with various additional conditions attached. For example, those who hold short SSTs do not have the right to buy their home and may be evicted more easily if they breach the terms of their tenancy agreement.
33. Although some of the 3,994 assessed as 'potentially homeless' and in priority need may also have been allocated to the 'intentionally homeless' category.
34. We conducted a split-sample experiment on this question, whereby half the sample were asked about a 17 year-old girl and half a 17 year-old boy.
35. As above, half the sample were asked about a 30 year-old man splitting up with his wife and half about a 30 year-old woman splitting up with her husband.
36. The probability that we would have found such a difference just by chance was 10%. Results are commonly considered to be statistically significant if the probability you would have found such a difference by chance ( i.e. due to the fact that your results are based on a sample rather than a census) is 5% or less.
37. NB respondents who gave 'don't know' responses are not shown in the remaining tables in this chapter. Thus in some cases the totals may not sum to 100%.
38. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Housing/homeless/facts
39. Scottish Executive (2006) Statistical Bulletin: Operation of the Homeless Person legislation in Scotland: national and local authority analyses 2005-06. Supplementary Table A.
40. Scottish Executive (2005) Guidance on legislation, policies and practices to prevent and resolve homelessness, available online at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/31133334/33366
41. See Chapter Five for further discussion of public attitudes and priority need.
42. See Chapter Three for further discussion of 'sympathetic' and 'critical' or 'judgemental' attitudes towards homeless people.
43. NB respondents who gave 'don't know', 'can't choose' or 'it depends' responses are not shown in any of the tables in this chapter. Thus in some cases the totals may not add up to 100%.
44. The Scottish Centre for Social Research was formed in February 2004 as the result of a merger between The National Centre's existing organisation within Scotland and Scottish Health Feedback, an independent research consultancy.
45. Lynn, Peter, et al (2001) Recommended standard final outcome categories and standard definitions of response rates for social surveys, Institute for Social and Economic Research
46. See http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/Overview for further details on the SIMD
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